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card industry.
The 1992 Marvel Masterpieces.
Because of the sheer popularity of this series, it took an unprecedented 350,000 boxes to
quench the thirst of card collectors worldwide. Nothing like it has been seen before or
since.
This series would not have become the monumental success that it did, had artist Joe
Jusko not produced 104 mind-boggling paintings! Joe literally set the standard for all the
Marvel Masterpieces series that were to follow. Each of the 104 paintings have become
iconic portrayals of the great Marvel characters, and these cards hold such a special place
in the hearts of collectors of all ages-many of whom were young, single-digit or
teenaged fans at the time of the series release.
It goes without saying that a large art book which highlights the amazing work Joe
created is long overdue. The art needs to be presented at a larger-than-trading-card size.
That's exactly what you will get in Joe Jusko's Art of the 1992 Marvel Masterpieces, a
new deluxe, 8.5" x 11", 300-page, hardcover volume from FPG.
This celebratory book will include all 104 of the paintings Joe produced for the original
release, as well as the 20 additional paintings created for the four-issue comic collection
published the following year. It will also detail the history of the series: how it came to be
and the magnitude of attention that it received through numerous promotions. And finally,
being published for the first time are Joe's original pencil sketches for each of the 104
trading card paintings!
Joe Jusko's Art of the 1992 Marvel Masterpieces is a book that we have planned to
publish for a very long time. And, we are very grateful to be working alongside the good
folks at Marvel Comics.
This is the limited, signed and numbered hardcover edition of JoeJusko's Art of the 1992 Marvel Masterpieces. Features a special variant cover on an edition strictly limited to 575 copies.
UPC/ISBN: 9781736717059
SKU: MAR231534
Release Date: 05/31/2023
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